Sneak Peek: The New and Expanded 4-Hour Workweek is Here

Awesome, i will buy the new version and give the old one to a friend, whom it will hopefully help as much as it did me.

@Megan_Donovan Yep you are right the book is now showing for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk … no 30% off or anything, but well worth the money anyhow.

And yes, I’m also looking forward to a new audiobook … now that the original one can be downloaded for free on Audible.com (http://www.audible.com/4hour … for USA addresses) I guess that a new version is in the pipeline?

Tim,

I take your point about the first edition.

Here’s a suggestion; is it possible to put up some of the most radical changes – even if they are just outlines/condensed under the passworded part of the website?

Steve

@Dr. Christine Spurlock

I would love to hear your story. I you don’t mind sharing, please connect on Facebook or ASW under my name: Melissa McCune

Hi Tim,

There are those who say that your proposed lifestyle is a selfish, egocentric lifestyle, what do you think?

Sounds great! can’t wait to get a copy.

Righty-ho:

Just spoken to Waterstones in Picadilly, London (“Europe’s largest bookstore”). Apparently they had no existing plans to order it in but after speaking to the buyer for the business section they are going to order some in for both their business and careers section.

Likely date it will be in stock is mid January. I’m sure you can get it quicker online, but for anyone who would rather wait until it’s physically in stock, and is near London, then there you go…

Loved the first book, really looking forward to the updated version.

Felix

London, UK

Definitely my favorite book too! The new one is ordered and will be at my home next week. can’t wait.

I read your first book, and I am going to order the rewrite as I love to read case studies. 🙂

While I don’t outsource work to India due to your book I do outsource to other work from home moms and that works for me. I am able to work less, and play more, and I like that.

Well, Play is something that is individual, for me it is going to Graduate School to get a Masters in Human Environmental Sciences with a concentration in Interactive Technology. 🙂 (so I am strange)

I could not have done this without your book, and without some other great Moms out there who are supportive of me. I just never thought of the value of outsourcing until I read your book, even though people essentially outsource to me! lol Go figure.

Thanks! Good work!

When will the new version be available in Japanese? Or will it?

Not sure where you’d prefer me to post this, but I found a small glitch in the Kindle version:

@ Locations 1880-88 / 6771 (the puppy close) the quotes after “vs.” are missing. I.e you can only see the “bad example” quotes, not the “good example” quotes.

Tim, are you sure that this new version it’s already available in other languages like Dutch, Spanish, etc? Because bookstores do not have these editions in their ISBN database.

If not so, when do you expect your new version to be available in other languages?

I have read the book and it seems to me it boils down to “start a profitable business where you can get someone else to do all the work.”

Uhhhhh….duuhhhhhhh

So how do you do that? Yeah, yeah, something I love. What if what I love is sleeping, watching movies, and spending time with my family? My point is, how do you find an idea that people will spend money on? Why is there no information on THAT? THAT would be the information that would really help.

Dear Tim:

Bon dia mi amigo nuevo! not even sure of the spelling. I believe it’s 2am now in my 3rd week trip to South America from Canada. Was in BA, Rio and now Salvador on my way to Manaus then the amazon. My first time to do such a thing like this and i feel like a multimillionaire many times over. I’m on the second chapter of my life (could mean a lot of things -, cancer scare survivor, status change and shall I say I’m not a spring chicken anymore although lately I feel really still am)

Love traveling and doing the things now that I was not able to do when I was in my younger years – (lack of funds) Nothing will get on the way and absolutely nothing can stop me now. A friend literally put the earphone into my ears and let me listen to 4HWW audio book. Dont worry I’ll get my own hard copy at the soonest. Oh la la it’s about time I hear your message. I’ve been using these lines lately “when the student is ready the teacher will come” – Thank you so very much for sharing your gifts to the world. Hope our path will meet someday! You brilliant (digital age) soul. I’ll check in often that is for sure. Hugs Juliet aka Jhet

Hi Tim,

I have been working step by step through the automation chapter of The 4HWW, and I am looking at the rate cards of different magazines. It’s been a couple years since the book was released, so I was wondering if I should still be looking for magazines that charge less than 5K for a full page ad, or if I should go a little higher (like 6K or 7K).

Obviously, the cheaper the better, but I found a few that I like that are in the 6 to 7 range. What do you think?

Thank you,

Adam

Here is the voice from another side of the pond.

I bought Kindle version yesterday evening (well, let’s consider this as my tiny contribution to making Tim NR). I did not finish it yet and I cannot say I don’t like it, actually I do: it is motivating, it provokes alternative thinking, it’s giving some practical advices, it’s fun…

But there is one major fault: this is a book written by American for Americans (or citizens of any other prosperous country, yes, slightly hit by crisis but still prosperous).

There is nothing new in the idea of becoming New Rich by exploiting dirty cheap labor of other people, pharaohs in Egypt did this ages ago, the only difference is that modern technologies allow you to hire people, who happened to be born in countries with undeveloped economies, without bringing them to your country.

John Doe in your book makes his $100 per hour while working 10 hours per week only because somewhere there is a bunch of people who are working the rest of the week, earning say $10 he generously pays them, putting their long hours to ensure Jonh has his long leisure times. Can they “escape 9-5”?

Your VA has to check emails every five minutes in case there may be errand from you. Does she/he have a luxury of checking them only twice a day?

“Live anywhere” or “travel worldwide” are nice advices, but how far your travels would get you, if you did not have American passport which does not require visa to most countries of the world (or visa can be easily issued)?

What your ‘success story’ would be if you would live in the country where the priority of most of the population is to find a job paid enough to buy food and to pay utility bills? For most of people here buying a nice pouch for iPhone or where to park a car is not a problem at all because there is no iPhone and no car, and I don’t think someone would buy into Neural Accelerator.

You say that at the beginning you did not have any advantages comparatively to you fellow countrymen. Maybe you did not, but the fact you was born in America gave you advantages comparatively to many people born in poor countries. There is no any personal achievement or personal fault in this, this is sort of inheritance based on the inequality exiting in the world.

I am the one to whom people like you outsource their activities, my earnings are pretty well but not even close to NR. To earn what I have now, I have to put all my 80+ hours a week, all my energy and intellect, and (at this point you may laugh) “I can’t really throw it all away” because I have obligations to other people who depend on me. I don’t have too many options too (see above). You are just lucky little of us have. What would you do if all of us, inspired by your book, would suddenly retire?

So, Tim, please admit that the assumption is wrong that this book is for everyone. The book is good and there is some good stuff at this blog too, but this will work in certain circumstances, for people leaving in a few specific countries of the world, people with no ties and no responsibilities other than their leisure. This is not a silver bullet and this is not applicable to everyone – for some this would work, for most it would not.

My apologies if something is grammatically incorrect, English is not my first language, but I hope you get the point.

Tim, fancy releasing a kindle version of 4HWW?

I’m wondering about the part where you make Dreamlines and you have to pick something you want 6 months from now and then you have to choose something to do today, tomorrow, and the next day to make it happen. What if what you want 6 months from now is something that you’re requiring money to do anything about today? What are your three things, then? Or, what if (as was the case in one of Tim’s examples) it is something you can’t control? (Tim wanted a “Smart and Gorgeous Girlfriend). Thanks in advance for any responses.